I saw that ad in a SkyMall magazine on our way to Texas over Christmas! I couldn't believe what I was seeing. And the ad didn't really mention the sperm logo, as if it was the most normal thing in the world! Strange times, people. Strange, strange times.

My fiance took me to try sushi for the first time. I was wary, but I noticed the little orange crunchy balls on top and I said, "Whoa, sprinkles!" He didn't tell me until after we were done eating that they were actually fish eggs. Ick!

Hey Jen, just finished voraciously reading CW (I'm working on Epbot now) and I just HAD to thank you for making me look like a maniac, staring at my phones screen and snorting out bouts of laughter everywhere I go! I love it!And really, did someone not look at the shoe design and maaaaybe think "Waaaiit...that's not right..."? *sigh* I have lost faith.

Love that sign. Sometime one wonders what the writers of such signs are thinking. There used to be one in a nearby city, known for its large( and now dead) elm trees, that read "SLOW MEN WORKING IN TREES"It makes one ponder!

WV: forksol Confusius say: Forksol of sprinkle covered sushi can make one barfsol!

I think it's probably a sign that I've watched a few too many hockey games that when I saw the sign, (well, yes, it opened up my eyes, but that's a whole 'nother story), I thought about the hockey term "icing" (sending the puck from your defensive end to the other end of the rink with nobody touching it), rather than thinking of frosting (apparently "icing" to the rest of you)

Alyssareeves, can this be for real?(The company with the sperm logo says:)"Our logo is deliberate. Our customers feel like they are getting the beginning of a new life when they try our shoes. ... What represents that? The seed of life. We're not embarrassed by it, nor are our customers."

Here in far south Texas, there's a sign just before every bridge reading "Watch for Ice on Bridge." We always watch, but we never see any-- unless someone has just emptied a fast-food drink cup onto the pavement. It's a funny sign to see when the temperature is around 100 F. I think the last winter storm here that could have left ice on the bridges was at least 10 years ago.

I guess someone wearing one of your t-shirts went into a sushi bar...and got what they wanted.

LOL sperm shoes! And the puns about how their logo came to be! *snort*

LOL at the icing sign! Actually, I picture frosting spread out all over the road with yellow piping for the center lines. Ghostbuster reference better!

The "Slow Children at Play" signs crack me up. Apparently the people who came up with that didn't have any children. The only time children are slow is when they don't want to do something (wake up, eat food they don't like, walk to their bedroom at bedtime, etc). Other than that...forget it!

My husband worked on a commercial for those shoes a few months ago, and the CEO was there - that logo was totally chosen on purpose, to symbolize the "new life" you will have when you wear the shoes. His advisers tried desperately to convince him to go with something else, but he refused. At the end of the shoot my husband got a free pair of shoes and they are really comfy :)

Is it a cake-and-sushi restaurant, and they grabbed the sprinkles rather than sesame seeds?! Even worse, are there cupcakes with green "icing" [wasabi] to fear? Because otherwise-- well, I was going to say they ruined delicious sushi, but if they think sprinkles are appropriate, then their sushi's probably inedible anyway.

Like SyracuseWolverine, hockey-- or winter driving-- flashed through my mind. And then I remembered this is CW! And then I wistfully wished those two batches of buttercream I made on Saturday had "suddenly" appeared

And I love how the spouses of the graphic designer and one of the people involved in the commercial are readers of this blog. I feel sorry for @Beth's husband. I know web designers who can relate to his experience with idiotic clients

But wow, the "g" and "d" in their name (Gravity Defyer) are also sperm! I'm all for encouraging fitness, but the SHOES aren't responsible for the "new life"-- it's the exercise you do while wearing them. You could wear sneakers sitting behind the steering wheel while scarfing down Monday's porta-pastries.

I'd never wear those shoes at the gym-- but I could see how they'd be popular with pregnant women and new mums who have a good sense of humour :)

@Danger Boy-- so its not just me with Tetris (and Snood) dreams? Good to know :) Ooo, now THOSE have cake potential! Squares for tetris and cupcakes for snood... this could work.... and you'd "have" to eat the rows that line up :)

Think of the other entrees you could decorate with multicolored sugar sprinkles.Pot roast.Fried chicken.Poached trout.Mashed potatoes.Brussels sprouts.Liver.Goat curry.Pad Thai.Oysters on the half shell.

Blech sprinkles on sushi?? I wouldn't even try the sushi without sprinkles lol. Gross to me either way. Would buy that sigh and put it up right in front of our building just to confuse people. Wishes I could do it lol.

The "Beware of Sudden Icing" sign reminds me of this past weekend. My husband, son, and I were driving up to see my Mother-in-law for an early celebration of my husband's birthday. Things have actually been pretty cold down here and it was drizzling, so they had an electric sign that said "Anti-icing ahead. Expect delays." My husband saw the sign and said, "look, if you don't like cake, just don't eat it!" Made even more appropriate by the fact that we knew that my husband's birthday cake would have at least an inch thick layer of icing on it.

I saw that ad in my Science News magazine a month or two ago. There was a little arrow pointing to the logo saying-- word for word (it's barely visible on the picture you posted)-- "Slick Seed of Life Logo- because its (sic) cool".*headdesk*

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